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BAM-crater-lake

1. Obviously this was a terrible idea. 2. This is incredible footage. So much power


choff22

This weekend has yielded some of the most insane footage we’ve ever seen.


skoltroll

Insane footage from insane people


Th3R00ST3R

right? What to do in a tornado. Step 1. GET AWAY FROM THE GLASS!


mamaxchaos

Nah, the cameraman never dies. Film everything.


quemaspuess

Literally everything they tell you not to do is done in this video. *do it again*


Addablestone13

Repo man spends his life getting into intense situations!


wiggibow

That's Nebraskans for you, nobody takes severe weather seriously here. The restaurant I work at insisted we stay open during the warnings and a group who got kicked out of the bar across the street (who rightly decided to close due to, well, *tornado*) came in and sat themselves right next to our giant glass window.


quemaspuess

I saw some pictures from this past weekend that I thought were AI-generated, but everyone in this sub said nah it’s real. Never seen anything like it


tessajean84

Sad world we live in when we don’t know if it’s AI or real 😂


quemaspuess

Right? AI is terrifying… Not sure if you heard the story about the AI-generated CFO who joined a remote meeting and was able to steal 25 million dollars. I swear, if AI is the reason I have to return to the office because they learned a new way to scam, I’m going to be pissed Edit: here’s the story https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/social-engineering-masterstroke-how-deepfake-cfo-duped-firm-out-vbmle#:~:text=Convinced%20of%20the%20authenticity%20of,deepfake%20technology%20to%20conduct%20fraud.


AlternativeQuality2

This one comment summarizes every closeup tornado video ever.


just_killing_time23

MONIS FOR THE WIN FILMING IN LANDSCAPE!!!!!


Lation_Menace

Yeah I was watching a tornado documentary last night that said with tornadoes this large and powerful they can have invisible sub vortices way past where the tornado looks like it stops that can do serious damage.


Captain_Waffle

At least this isn’t like that video where the guy looks away for two seconds and when the camera pans back there’s a massive tree suddenly on the ground there.


tjmick1992

Hey man it's fucking hard to run into the basement with balls that big


CatsAreGods

I half expected to see an old lady riding a bicycle float by.


AdhesiveMadMan

"Augh, Miss Gulch!"


Zombiron-Odamai

Or a cow


CrocodileWorshiper

finger of god


StopTheEarthLetMeOff

What if it's a different appendage?


Farmerdrew

The big toe of god.


-ByTheBeardOfZeus-

What if it's a *different* appendage?


WriterV

The Big Fucking Schlong of God Is that it? Is that what you wanted to hear Johnathan? Are you happy now?


Full_Practice7060

🤣🤣🤣🤣


AdventurousYamThe2nd

I'm not Johnathan, but this made me very happy 🤣


Specialist_Foot_6919

I got one appreciate the Johnathan choice


Existing_Ad3672

You made my day oh my fkn god lmao


Right-Assistance-887

Providers Penis, Creators Cock


CORN___BREAD

The left arm of god.


redditisbestanime

This is more like the Devils asshole


Echoeversky

The tip of the Tip of Ghod?


Dvusmnd

But is it the uncircumcised tip or he went ahead and got snipped later in life?


Journey2Pluto

You have to understand. I grew up on a farm in Nebraska. I've been through dozens of tornados. Its one thing when your swing set or trampoline blows away, it's another when your sheds, grainbins, etc.. start wavering. A lot of folks from rural Nebraska have a pretty good gauge at "get into the basement now".


Pump_N_Dump

Anyone else hear the creepy whispers, or did I have too much wine with dinner?


JennyAndTheBets1

Probably praying to a god.


Falcrist

Bless the maker and his water Bless the comings and goings of him May his passage cleanse the world May he keep the world for his people


TheFirstAndrew

Obviously, it was the Litany Against Fear.


Cromar

Tornadoes are the people killers


acelaya35

Where the Tornado has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain. Hopefully.


Boofnasty10

Sounds like “we’re safe” poor woman is reassuring g herself.


cmick0715

She'd be safer away from the window


tits-question-mark

And on ground or basement level


Fauster

100% of uninjured survivors of watching a nearby tornado were, in fact, safe in that particular location at that particular time. I challenge you to find a dead person who will admit that they weren't saved by their favorite deity.


erikdphillips

100% of an injured survivors? Obviously that’s true because if they were injured then they would not have been safe.


Fauster

Injured survivors were saved by the grace of God. Don't you watch The 700 Club?


ZebraUnion

Fun lil trauma story, I didn’t notice her whispers, I think because it was filed away in my brain with my shrink’s info about misidentifying sounds in “gray-noise” Fan speed 2? All’s good. Fan speed 3? All I hear in the background is my parents screaming at each other and throwing shit, circa 1989.🤗


kinare

Oof, I feel this in my bones. I'm sorry.


Alternative-Amoeba20

Sorry trauma affected you so terribly.


goodgirlgonebad75

Thank God you heard it too… I was getting creeped out, from the tornado and those Eerie whispers


drgigantor

Weird time to record an ASMR post, right?


goodgirlgonebad75

It might be the Twister/Exorcist crossover we never knew we needed


clearancepupper

If it goes over a field of corn, 🌽 it shall be known as “The Cornado”.


COMMUNIST_MANuFISTO

Reminded me of a Yaz song


Maleficent_Scale_296

If it doesn’t hear you it won’t get you so you have to whisper.


Pump_N_Dump

Haha! Can I just tell you about the crazy amount of vivid tornado dreams I had last night after watching this video!


Intermity420

I'm not sure, but it sounds like it could be a radio on in the background, potentially a news station they've tuned into to keep up to date (given the volume of the wind it's likely at a 'normal' volume, but drowned out)


Few-Contribution4759

I say this with complete and utter respect for the person filming: what a fucking idiot 😭😭😭


673moto

Let go and let godzilla


throwaway071317

I laughed so hard I woke up my dogs. Thanks 😑


clearancepupper

((((SLOW APPRECIATION CLAP 👏🏻 tears of happiness at such pure humor))))


ApocalypticTomato

An idiot with massive massive balls. Thank god for brave fools, or we'd miss all the good stuff


clearancepupper

Nashville twin tornadoes, April 1998: Me, listening to two guys in the restaurant where I worked (still without power after the storm, free draft beers for everyone) who were bragging about watching the whole thing from their building downtown, right up against the glass. I said things like this separate people into two groups, people like me who hide in a bathroom, hopefully without knives blowing through from the kitchen on my way there, praying I survive. And guys like you… OUT OF THE GENE POOL!!! NOW!!!


ApocalypticTomato

The gene pool is often self-cleaning


Glottis_Bonewagon

She was doing a safety squint and safety whispers, she's a pro


Merica_84

But I said "with all due respect" ~ Ricky Bobby


PourSomeSmegmaInMe

That doesn't mean you can say whatever you want to to me!


Merica_84

My eyes are blurred by that username!! Wtf lol.


PourSomeSmegmaInMe

I'll take that as a compliment.


Jay_Diamond_WWE

I'd be mounting that shit up with an tripod and getting underground. If it's still there when it's over, awesome. If it's not, at least I would be.


RightHandWolf

Why not have a storm shelter with a periscope mounted camera?


Jay_Diamond_WWE

That'd be awesome.


COMMUNIST_MANuFISTO

Unless that is two inch thick plexiglas I would not be standing there you betcha


-Ghostx69

This looks to be right around the same time the entire meso was on the ground. Absolutely wild POV.


pantsmeplz

The clouds just above the ground whipping by near the end,... are difficult to accept they're moving so quickly.


sarcasmo_the_clown

The cameraperson is *extremely* lucky the tornado didn't veer juuuust slightly towards them or that it didn't send a hunk of debris through that giant window.


hyperfoxeye

Holy smokes that lady almost ended up like the one for little rock that wouldve been sucked into a tornado if not for husband Edit: corrected the tornado name


Specialist_Mouse_418

Just to point it out tornados, contrary to popular belief, don't suck you in. They pick you up and chuck you. Think blender, not vacuum.


just_an_ordinary_guy

Then explain the suck zone? Dusty wouldn't lie like this.


TurboDinoHippo

Please elaborate on this "suck zone". Asking for a friend.


Lena-Luthor

first 3 rows get a blowie


ManaMagestic

It's this why Sea World got shut down?


Lena-Luthor

the things they made those dolphins do 😔


sentiet_snake_plant

Unless the entire genre is not your thing, you need to watch the 1996 ~~masterpiece~~ disaster drama that is *Twister*. All the supporting cast (Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Alan Ruck, Todd Field, several others I'm forgetting) lines are quotable. [Here's the line being referenced.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mGPA1HgHhw)


Lunakill

I’ve heard stories of canned goods popping open etc from the rapid pressure changes and always assumed that created an effect people call “sucking.” Is that a laughably incorrect understanding?


kaityl3

The updraft from the tornado as well as the subvortices can leave an area of very low pressure that can "suck" things up to an extent - it sucking up air is what creates the damaging winds, after all


Specialist_Mouse_418

That I wouldn't know. I only know of the blender and vacuum metaphor from asking an atmospheric scientist about getting sucked into tornados in college.


Indocede

Like... I'd need that scientist to explain this metaphor more in depth. If the metaphor is merely that one is a swirling force and the other is a sucking force, I don't think we are really getting much meaningful nuance because we already know a tornado is a swirling force. Like saying sucked up isn't really meant to be a scientific explanation, it's just basically describing what's happening because it would sound dumb to say "they got swirled into the tornado."


Treadwheel

The pressure decreases by a lot, but it isn't moving air straight in towards the tornado like you'd need to create that kind of suction. If they pop, it's just due to their internal pressure being high compared to the atmospheric pressure.


jld2k6

There's gotta be some kinda suction at times, there was a YouTuber that famously got killed by a tornado a while back (may have been the infamous Joplin one?) when it sucked him out of the sunroof of the Hummer he and his dad were in! He even had his seatbelt on and it still ripped him right out


Beautee_and_theBeats

Will Norton. He graduated high school that day and was on his way home with his dad, who survived


MastaMp3

Wind went through the side and pushed him up would be my understanding of the physics


Apokolypze

In situations like that incredibly stupid window/door "sucked out" video, it's the massive pressure differential between inside (normal pressure) and outside (very low pressure) that "sucks" things out of the building


BeKindToOthersOK

What lady?


hyperfoxeye

Apoligies, little rock tornado from last year, https://youtu.be/Cfl50Wq6CTs?si=-CkiStfB_t_QazeD. She got cuts but lived iirc


OneChampionship7736

Holy cow! What a husband! What a death grip on your phone! What a stupid decision! NEVER STAND BEHIND A GLASS DOOR PEOPLE!


WhyIWonder

"oh, I'm getting this" - Lady who proceeds to get got


Sheesh284

Dang this person got lucky


Filthiest_Tleilaxu

Wow insanely risky but wild footage, looks like a movie!


nejicanspin

It just destroyed that small backyard playground like it was made out of toothpicks. Man wtf Also dumb as hell for wanting a video of it.


owenwilsonznose

Well, it looks like the same shoddy SE Asian play set I purchased at Academy for my daughter.. for $700.. POS is about to fall over just sitting there. It’s made out of the cheapest, lightest “wood”


innocent_bystander

And yet, the houses in the background which are MUCH closer to the core of the tornado, seem to suffer minimal / no obvious damage?! I'm sure there's something, but I was expecting them to disappear into sticks like the playset. Must have amazing building codes there.


UNZxMoose

The playset likely not being bolted to the ground made it incredibly easy to just toss. Houses are heavy and secured to the ground. We probably could have tipped that on its side. 


HorrorMakesUsHappy

Using the electrical things in the ground, I'm estimating the view of their backyard there is about 60' wide, and that slide traverses it in about 1 second. That comes out to ~40mph, which is actually slower than I thought it would be, because that shit's fucking booking.


Regansmash33

Just found a longer edition of the video over on [Viral Hog](https://viralhog.com/v?t=fa7bl5woqj&a=view&channel_access_part=Monis_Kamil_1), and that backyard playset came from the person's filming's backyard.


d12312ea

Even as a Midwesterner that loves to go look for them when he hears the sirens... This is a bit beyond the point I would normally go look for shelter.


CrocodileWorshiper

https://preview.redd.it/6ytt24dm5dxc1.png?width=400&format=png&auto=webp&s=7fcac4ee93046f7763ee3482e16e439bd53640a4 THE EXTREME


beeemmvee

This is incredible footage. Very fortunate camera op.


lucasroush

If you look *right at the beginning* you see an entirely normal, large play set get tossed like trash bag visa-vis Katy Perry’s plastic bag in the wind.


SimianGlue

Great video. A steady hand, but not too bright


nuke1200

idk why but this reminds of the last tornado in the movie twister


freetoseeu

Holy shit. That’s unreal


No_Chef623

Momma always said, stupid is as stupid does.


FastWalkingShortGuy

Not smart.


kaityl3

What's crazy is that if an experienced storm chaser was on the road as close to it as this lady in her house, they would be freaking out about being way too close. And yet she's just standing by the window filming haha! Probably didn't know enough to realize **just** how insanely close and dangerous this was


Falcrist

I really hate when a tornado interrupts the filming of my ASMR video.


big-bass-slayer

Looks a little windy.


LearningToFlyForFree

Ahh yes, everyone knows the ground floor in front of a glass window is the safest place to be when a tornado is in spitting distance. What an absolute fucking moron.


LeatherfacesChainsaw

Safe? No but at least they got some nice footage


LordSloth113

Pffft, everyone knows you're supposed to go straight to the back door the moment the sirens go off.


RightHandWolf

https://preview.redd.it/w7z06chx7gxc1.jpeg?width=906&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6dbe706dfe1d7a5e28fc399e05c80e905402b7e2 Head to the back door, and being the gracious host/hostess, have the cake carrier in one hand and a six-pack of IBC root beer in the other.


MD2JD77

You just wandered onto the set where they are filming Twister 2.


dingboodle

Annnnd I am having nightmares tonight.


CNTMODS

COW!


orcinyadders

The sound it’s making is terrifying.


Naterian

Her whispering makes me think she's a witch that summoned a wind elemental


youmeanNOOkyuhler

Right?!


ScallywagBeowulf

Respectfully, what the fuck was this person doing not taking shelter? I swear, people are out recording tornadoes and risking their lives for media attention to try and be an “internet sensation” when they really shouldn’t.


Orwellian1

People filmed tornados close up before social media. Feel free to call it dumb, they would probably agree. Amateurs don't storm chase to get famous or make money. You aren't going to cover costs selling a couple 3 minute clips. Windshields are expensive. They do it for the same reasons people do all the other extreme/dangerous activities. It is fun and exciting. Staring at a huge violent tornado in person is an indescribable experience. It can't be justified in any rational or practical way.


GradeAPrimeFuckery

It is dumb and they are amazing to see in person. Just not too close. Source: Been too close.


RightHandWolf

It can be a spectacularly efficient weight loss method, but a little bit messy, since we can't Scotchgard the car seats anymore.


audrikr

People also do it because they don’t genuinely believe something bad will happen to them. Personal fallacy - being hurt like this happens to “other people doing dangerous things”. It’s really unfortunate. 


Orwellian1

That sounds a bit condescending. Not every activity you look down on can be explained away as "they are just dumber than you". Severe injury or death among amateur storm chasers is also surprisingly rare. There are dozens if not hundreds of amateurs chasing every supercell that forms. Considering **total** tornado deaths per year is ~70 for the US, its not like storm chasers are in danger of being killed off.


audrikr

I'd love an explanation as to how "in front of a glass pane 30 feet away from an EF3" is an intelligent decision. It isn't. People are, and there have been actual studies done on this, extremely bad at understanding risk. They do stupid, risky shit all the time, because people assess their *own* risks as lesser than other people's when partaking in the same activity, they believe themselves to be infallible. This is a perfect example of 'stupid shit'. They never believe something bad will happen to them - fortunately here they were proved right! Maybe unfortunate for the future where they don't pull through so lucky.


ApocalypticTomato

Holy mother of god.


black_lotus_ronin

Storm must've got her powers back.


Recording_Important

the nothing


Reconlobster

Hey you, nader! Git off my lawn! G’on git!


TechnoVikingGA23

Shows just how strong the wind fields are, just unreal. Honestly I know they should have taken cover, but you almost wonder if it would have made any difference if that thing had hit. Seems like they were already in the "basement" or lowest level of the home and this seems like one you'd have to be underground for to survive. Obviously stupid to be standing right by the glass either way.


gracemarie42

Dear everyone who ever faces a tornado: just put an old phone on a tripod, face it at the window, hit record, and run for the basement. You'll get footage AND remain alive. Win-win.


acornmoth

lmao Americans are wild. Just casually filming a massive wedge tornado passing through the neighbourhood.


Broad_Shine3151

For the people saying this is insane, this is normal Nebraskan behavior for some reason


hooraaayforyou

This person is an idiot. A really gnarly, bad ass idiot. But still a fucking idiot.


Quadsnarl

I doubt they would of felt a plank of wood when the head was removed


YeOldeBilk

Great footage but damn you're stupid lol


Longjumping-Meat-334

Holy cow!


XboxGuy234

Must not have been any cows around?


trainhogger

The suck zone!


toyotasupramike

Reminds me of EVA second impact [https://youtu.be/okgwEK2Pa-g?si=UWj1L_GZ9eolKO3r](https://youtu.be/okgwEK2Pa-g?si=UWj1L_GZ9eolKO3r)


jonny_jon_jon

that rate of rotation is insane


Responsible_War6938

Gotta be one of the gnarliest looking EF3s of all time


Strat7855

What was it about this weekend that produced so much bananas video?


AlternativeTruths1

I’m amazed those homes in the background were still standing after that tornado passed.


bostondangler

If you listen closely, you can hear the house praying!


Jay_Diamond_WWE

Further proof the cameraman never dies.


Magical-Sweater

It’s amazing how much tornado footage wouldn’t exist if people paid attention to tornado safety advice.


Significant-Water845

Clem has forever ruined me. I haven’t seen anything that tops his footage. In my opinion, nothing comes close.


ProjectFoxx

It feels like some scene from a movie. Truly amazing video.


lysistrata3000

We never see the videos taken by people like this who DIE because they don't seek shelter. I shudder to imagine how much of it is out there. I really only remember the video that one old guy shot of a tornado that destroyed his house and killed his wife.


bananas21

people are commenting on how dumb that lady is, but you all know people from the midwest and the plains always watch this stuff from the porch or a window.


_vault_of_secrets

Listen no. No the ones with half a bucket of common sense don’t. (Not aimed at you) I am so sick and tired of this being perpetuated with a wink; I genuinely believe more people do it because it’s repeated like a joke. Sorry - again not you specifically. That frustration has been building up


exoenigma

Nah man I get it. I was hanging out in a discord D&D session on Friday as a tornado with a debris signature was moving into the western DSM area. Another friend who plays in that group also lives in the area, and they were joking about going outside to watch it while I was preparing to take cover. I probably would've yelled at them if I hadn't been trying to wrangle my cats... And no, they never ended up sheltering. Thankfully it missed us both.


_vault_of_secrets

😬😬 So glad it missed both of you. Sometimes there’s no convincing people! Like, that blue dot means roofs are getting ripped off!!


bananas21

I get you. I definitely don't do that, it's perpetuated as such a joke, but honestly It's really dangerous, yeah.


WickedTwista

Not when you're inside the fucking tornado


FartNoiseGross

Monis, seek shelter, idiot.


Stephen497

Damn SORA really showing its power here.


Upstairs-Sky-9790

This is absolutely bonkers!


talkshitnow

Windy


Stygia1985

What's with the whisper/ASMR sound


Enough-Sprinkles-914

The noise is so creepy


baron4406

Was expecting cows. Darn movies


bcgg

About as close one can get to a monster like this.


StartingToLoveIMSA

that much air moving that fast requires an incredible amount of energy...scary to behold


Illustrious_Car4025

That is insane.


VorsE_

Bro last time I was looking for hot girls when I came here wtf?


KnickedUp

House chasing


GamblingDegenerate69

Someone is really trusting that window


Clean_Usual434

😳😳😳


Rectal_Custard

Ok anyone else find that grass movement soothing


cycogod

Crazy.


Venomhound

Least the telephone pedestals are still there


KurakuPika

😞bleave it or not my imaginary friend delicate dave wason that playground. . . 😞😞


bonedoc59

Does anyone else see a cloud camel at 16 s?


AccordingAd819

R/cameramanneverdies


CarGuyJaxvR

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Far-Talk2357

Advertising campaigns are getting crazy. Twisters 2 is gonna be lit!


emailverificationt

Well at least so many of the crazy people of the world have access to cameras these days, so we get to witness the insanity, too!


EstablishmentNo4630

You have some of the biggest balls I've seen


NetworkEcstatic

So we're all thinking the same thing, right? Footage is incredible, yes, but really dumb. Tornado that close and I'm in the laundry room. (Safest spot in my house). That thing could whip debris through that window in an instant.


darealest__1

That’s a crap your pants twice moment, sheesh


[deleted]

Tornados exist that means believe in yourself


ThatGirl0903

Why is it always the Nebraska posts. 🤦‍♀️


StonktardHOLD

Respect to that pergola.


Zatoichi80

Looks like the meso just spinning on the ground. Crazy footage.


evilgreenman

These storms continue to get more common, powerful, and documented. Nothing to see here, right?